>>There are a few organic potato growers here.  They
mostly use flamers to kill the colorado potato beetle, but they are still
forced to use a blight control.

I read about CPB vacuums.  A rather safe technique for bees and people that's supposedly effective.  Application cost should be a bit less than conventional insecticides, I'd think..

Birds like finches and toads eat lots of CPBs.  Ladybugs eat CPB eggs.  I have several toads in my vegetable beds every year and they do a good job of controlling slugs etc.  They look rather fat and happy.

And according to the U. of Kentucky, potatos can afford up to 30% foliage loss without a tuber yield reduction. 

Waldemar



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